Now that the PASS Summit 2014 is over, I remember having a hard time deciding which sessions to attend and can't wait for the USB to arrive. This year, I was on the Program Committee for the first time ever. I would recommend the experience to all speakers or potential speakers at some point. I know with the explosion of SQL ...

Recently, a partner of Scalability Experts asked me to write a blog relating to the Day 1 Keynote of PASS Summit 2014. Here is a link to the post.
http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/keeping-your-eyes-on-the-skies-a-partners-view-on-sql-server-and-ucs
Enjoy!

It has been confirmed that I will be delivering a webcast on ''What to Expect at the PASS SUmmit 2013'' on Oct 3, 2013 at 12:30pm ET. Here is the link to register for the event.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7411380526146008833
This is targeted at First Time Attendees of the summit, but all are welcome to join. This ...

Next week, I am tentatively planning a webcast on Oct 3, 2013 @ 12:30pm ET as I have done over the past couple of years aimed at First Time Attendees. Once I get things confirmed, I will post a link for registration. I updated my PPT Deck with the new information and realized that most of the message and events / timings are ...

The SQLintersection conference is taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the week of Hallowe'en (October 27th - 31st). While much of the hubbub this time of year surrounds the PASS Global Summit, I'm looking forward to SQLintersection for these reasons:
Dozens of sessions from some of my favorite peers and idols in the SQL Server ...

The sessions of the event 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview (which was held on last July 31) were recorded and now they are available for online streaming!
If you have missed one session in particular or the entire live event, you can view and review your preferred sessions; you can find all details here.
This edition of 24 Hours of PASS wants ...

Tomorrow will mark another chapter in the 24 Hours of PASS series.I am involved once again - this time in a moderator role. The event begins at 8am ET for me. I will be introducing Alberto Ferrari who will be speaking on ''Excel 2013 Power Pivot in Action'' which is a great self-service BI story.
This 24hop event will be in a different ...

Last year, I had a series of blog posts that matched up with a webcast I did targeting First Timers to the PASS Summit 2011. Here is a link to the final blog post which is a summary of those posts and links to the main points in the series. A good deal of the information in those posts are still relevant. I am in the process of ...

SQLTeach (Part of the DevTeach Conferences in Canada) has enjoyed success for many years. I enjoyed the opportunity to speak at and attend SQLTeach at various times over the years. Since SQLTeach is part of DevTeach, the ''feel'' of the event is very different from PASS or SQLRally or even a SQL Saturday where SQL is the primary ...

I recently did a Rick Review of the Day 3 Keynote from the 2008 PASS Community Summit that featured Dr. DeWitt speaking on new technology that ended up in the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) edition of SQL Server 2008 R2. I decided to also listen again to the Day 3 Keynote from the 2001 PASS Community Summit. While I listened intently to ...